The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... plural of the verb am . Other additions which they made to our vocabulary are seen in the words fellow , sky , scant , ugly . The common termina- tion -son in names of persons , e.g. ' Johnson , ' ' Anderson , ' is Danish . Words ...
... plural of the verb am . Other additions which they made to our vocabulary are seen in the words fellow , sky , scant , ugly . The common termina- tion -son in names of persons , e.g. ' Johnson , ' ' Anderson , ' is Danish . Words ...
Page 34
... plural number mothers ; that compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μýrp , German mutter , and so ...
... plural number mothers ; that compounds can be formed from it such as mother - country , and derivatives such as motherly ; that it is connected with , though not borrowed from , the Latin mater , Greek μýrp , German mutter , and so ...
Page 49
... plurals of nouns or the past tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be pronounced as it is ...
... plurals of nouns or the past tenses of verbs . The ordinary way of making plurals is to add -s to the singular . Now s is a surd mute . Add s to a noun ending in a surd sound , e.g. pat , and the result can be pronounced as it is ...
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... plural . So -ed in walked denotes that the action occurred formerly : it is a sign of the past Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again ...
... plural . So -ed in walked denotes that the action occurred formerly : it is a sign of the past Again , -er in taller denotes the presence of a quality in a greater degree than is implied by tall : it is a sign of comparison . Again ...
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... plural , are still proper . But if we mean by the Marlboroughs and Wel- lingtons ' not the people called Marlborough and Wellington , but great soldiers like Marlborough and Wellington , the proper nouns have passed into common nouns ...
... plural , are still proper . But if we mean by the Marlboroughs and Wel- lingtons ' not the people called Marlborough and Wellington , but great soldiers like Marlborough and Wellington , the proper nouns have passed into common nouns ...
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